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A review by alexandravlvrd
Heart of Thorns by Bree Barton
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I’m confused about this book and kinda love it.
I don’t know what happened here. I enjoyed it greatly but like I’m no so sure how to feel about it
Resume w/o spoilers: Mia prepares herself to become a huntress and work along her father to protect humans but after Mia’s mother’s death by a gwyrach (woman with magic) she decides to revenge her death, but 3 years after her mother’s death, a 17 year old Mia is to promised to wed the cold and rude prince of her kingdom where women are mistreated by the king and royal family, the day of the wedding everything goes into chaos, Mia discovers she became what she hates the most, she now needs to run for her life and save the prince while she’s at it, during her journey she ends up trying to find herself, discovering secrets and lies in a magical place but everything doesn’t seem like she is told, betrayal is the most common weapon of choice.
Key words: Fast paced. Easy reading. Good plot twist. Sexual orientation diversity. Feminist. No spice. Trilogy.
Character development: it could be improved but taking in consideration about young consumers reading this book it’s nice. Quin is such a sweet boy. Mia has a good character improvement trough out the book.
Romance: enemies to lovers one sided and stuck together tropes. Not much romance but it’s important to the plot, spice was maintained to the bare minimum that makes it ok for young readers.
Plot: I thought this was a standalone at first so I thought much of the rushing to tell the story was because of that but it turns out it’s a trilogy, I don’t understand how some parts of the story fell so short. I hope the plot holes are being covered in the next books. The plot twist was insane tbh, it didn’t seem like there was going to have that much amount of betrayal. The plot was very clear and offered more than enough surprises. Very suitable for teenagers. Fantasy was also good, and analogies were steady.
Note: there’s an important wording issue that was lost in the Spanish translation.
I don’t know what happened here. I enjoyed it greatly but like I’m no so sure how to feel about it
Resume w/o spoilers: Mia prepares herself to become a huntress and work along her father to protect humans but after Mia’s mother’s death by a gwyrach (woman with magic) she decides to revenge her death, but 3 years after her mother’s death, a 17 year old Mia is to promised to wed the cold and rude prince of her kingdom where women are mistreated by the king and royal family, the day of the wedding everything goes into chaos, Mia discovers she became what she hates the most, she now needs to run for her life and save the prince while she’s at it, during her journey she ends up trying to find herself, discovering secrets and lies in a magical place but everything doesn’t seem like she is told, betrayal is the most common weapon of choice.
Key words: Fast paced. Easy reading. Good plot twist. Sexual orientation diversity. Feminist. No spice. Trilogy.
Character development: it could be improved but taking in consideration about young consumers reading this book it’s nice. Quin is such a sweet boy. Mia has a good character improvement trough out the book.
Romance: enemies to lovers one sided and stuck together tropes. Not much romance but it’s important to the plot, spice was maintained to the bare minimum that makes it ok for young readers.
Plot: I thought this was a standalone at first so I thought much of the rushing to tell the story was because of that but it turns out it’s a trilogy, I don’t understand how some parts of the story fell so short. I hope the plot holes are being covered in the next books. The plot twist was insane tbh, it didn’t seem like there was going to have that much amount of betrayal. The plot was very clear and offered more than enough surprises. Very suitable for teenagers. Fantasy was also good, and analogies were steady.
Note: there’s an important wording issue that was lost in the Spanish translation.